The Navy announced in a Dec. 1 memo that a detachment to train crews and maintenance personnel for the Navy CMV-22B tilt-rotor carrier-onboard-delivery (COD) aircraft is on the horizon.
Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, will be home to the Airborne Command and Control Logistics Wing. The detachment will be associated with Marine Medium Tilt-Rotor Training Squadron 204. Naval Air Forces could not be reached for comment as of Dec. 23.
"The Navy plans to procure 44 CMV-22Bs beginning in 2018, with first deliveries scheduled for 2020," according to the Navy League's official publication, Seapower Magazine.
Defense Department data indicates ineligibility stems from three key issues: education, not meeting weight standards or a record of crime or drug abuse.
Jose and Amy Morenos' lives have been shaped by the experiences of themselves and their children with Arizona State University.
The Marine Corps recently activated a two-star command that it hopes will better coordinate its information operations.
Ukraine has won support from Baltic nations and Poland for its weekslong quest to obtain Western fighter jets.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. will increase its deployment of advanced weapons such as fighter jets and bombers to the Korean Peninsula.
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